News from the Noteworthy from Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society

Sweetening the Season: Bird-friendly Maple Syrup

In our region, temperatures in the months of February and March typically warm up to the 30s or 40s in the daytime and then head back down to freezing during the overnight hours. This freeze/thaw cycle marks the start of the maple sugaring season—the time of year when the sap begins to flow again in our local sugar maples to prepare for the energy needed for budding and leaf out later in the spring. Our region’s local producers will soon be out tapping trees to collect the sap and then begin the process of boiling it down to make syrup or sugar products.